CVE-2021-20298
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Summary
A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to exhaust all memory accessible to the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | OpenEXR | Fixed in OpenEXR 3.0.0-beta | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-400: CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25913
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/843
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/85fd638ae0d5fa132434f4cbf32590261c1dba97
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939156
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20298
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25913
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/843
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/85fd638ae0d5fa132434f4cbf32590261c1dba97
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939156
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20298
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
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